Adele Carles' lawyer John Hammond offers end to Buswell saga

AAP

December 20, 2012 7:47pm

A LAWYER for the ex-lover of WA Treasurer Troy Buswell has made an offer to settle the legal action issued against Adele Carles.

Mr Buswell, who is also WA's Transport and Emergency Services minister, last week issued a defamation writ on independent MP Adele Carles after she made a string of accusations about his behaviour, which were first revealed on PerthNow and in The Sunday Times.

The writ warned the former Greens MP that further defamatory comments would lead to Mr Buswell seeking a Supreme Court injunction against her.

While Mr Buswell has been tight-lipped on the matter, Ms Carles held a further press conference on Sunday to counter claims she was acting as a jilted lover or a "woman scorned.''.

Ms Carles' high-profile lawyer John Hammond told 6PR radio today that he had sent a letter to Mr Buswell's lawyer, Martin Bennett, offering to settle the action.

Reading from the letter, Mr Hammond said he requested each party pay their own costs and refrain from making further public comment about their relationship.

Mr Hammond said Ms Carles bore no ill will towards Mr Buswell and said the matter could be resolved if Mr Buswell agreed to the terms of their request.